Hot tub lung mimicking classic acute and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Two case reports

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 354-356

  Verma, Geetika ^a   Jamieson, Frances ^b   Chedore, Pamela ^b   Hwang, David ^c   Boerner, Scott ^c   Geddie, William R ^c   Chapman, Kenneth R ^a   Marras, Theodore K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hot tub; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36048989271     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/138270     Document Type: Article

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